Tracks 1-4 taken from "Holy Diver" 1983
Tracks 5-7 taken from "The Last in Line" 1984
Tracks 8-11 taken from "Sacred Heart" 1985
Track 12 taken from "Intermission" 1986
Tracks 13-14 taken from "Dream Evil" 1987
Track 15 taken from "Lock up the Wolves" 1990
Track 16 taken from "Strange Highways" 1994

Man on the Silver Mountain is a Rainbow cover recorded at the Sports Arena in San Diego, CA, December 6th, 1985

A 10 page biography on Dio is included in the cd booklet.

In Germany, the album came out under the title The Evil Collection: The Very Best of Dio in 2002, with different artwork.